Civility and politics

U.S. Sen. Tom Coburn, R-Okla., called House Speaker Nancy Pelosi "a nice person." Then went on to say more.

I'm 180 degrees in opposition to the speaker -- she's a nice lady,"
he said. The crowd could be heard responding unfavorably to his
characterization.

"Come on now, she is a nice -- how many of you all have met her?" continued Coburn. "She's a nice person. She's a nice person."

"Just
because somebody disagrees with you doesn't mean they're not a good
person," he added. He then discussed his own experience of being
vilified before asking the crowd not to "catch yourself being biased
by Fox News that somebody's no good."

Do you think the demonization has gone a bit too far in politics?

Posted April 6, 2010, 10:52 a.m.

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